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Lalu seeks Modi's attention to flood victims.

CM Nitish Kumar meets PM in Delhi.

Water level in Sone, Ganga rise; lakhs affected.

RJD President Lalu Prasad has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attention towards the apathy of the flood victims as Bihar reels under severe floods since the last one week. This comes after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met the PM in Delhi to discuss the flood situation.The flood situat

RJD President Lalu Prasad has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attention towards the apathy of the flood victims as Bihar reels under severe floods since the last one week. This comes after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met the PM in Delhi to discuss the flood situation.

The flood situation has remained grim in the state for last two days and is likely to worsen as water discharged from Ban Sagar dam in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday has now reached Bihar, which has again swelled Sone and Ganga river.

"Central government and the Prime Minister should pay attention to Bihar flood victims. The Centre should have looked into when water from Ban Sagar was being discharged", said Lalu Prasad.

Earlier tooday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met the Prime Minister Modi in Delhi and apprised him of the flood situation in the state.

While the water level in Sone and Ganga registered a declining trend for the last two days but it has started to rise again in both the rivers in the last 12 hours.

The next 24 hours now remain crucial for the 12 flood-affected districts, including Patna, as the water level is rising in both Sone and Ganga river.

By Monday night, almost four lakh cusec water from Ban Sagar dam reached Sone and further worsened the flood situation in the state.

Districts like Buxar, Arrah, Chapra, Vaishali, Patna, Begisarai, Khagaria, Samastipur, Munger and Bhagalpur, which are along the Ganga basin, are witnessing an increase in the water level.

RJD SUPREMO ASK PEOPLE TO GO TO RELIEF CAMPS

RJD President Lalu Prasad today said that the flood situation in the state was worse than what it was in 1975.

He expressed concern over the loss of life, property and crops in the floods.

A group of flood affected people today came to meet the RJD chief at his residence in Patna seeking relief.

"There has been a massive loss to life and property in the floods. Many people are still stranded in remote areas. I have been appealing to the people to leave their houses and come to relief camps", said the RJD Supremo.

Lalu Yadav assured the flood victims that adequate arrangement has been made at the relief camps and asked the Bihar government officials to ensure that people at the camps get proper food and water.

He also asked the officials to assess the losses which farmers suffered due to crop damage and compensate them accordingly.

The RJD supremo asked all the public representatives, mukhiyas and sarpanchs who lost panchayat elections that was held in the state couple of months back to shun politics and come forward to help flood victims.